INFO & FAQ

ANTARA TANTRA FESTIVAL COMMITMENTS

Boundaries and Consent

At the Antara Tantra Festival, we are devoted to creating a safe and respectful space where every person’s boundaries are honored. Our community is rooted in the practice of consent, inviting each participant to listen deeply to their own truth. There will be no pressure to do anything that doesn’t feel right for you and the best tantric practice is being able to honor your truths. We encourage this awareness not only within yourself but also in connection with others. Through practical tools and gentle guidance, we explore how to clearly express boundaries, how to listen with presence, and how to ask for and give consent in ways that foster trust, freedom, and authentic connection.

Inclusivity, Diversity & Representation

The Antara Tantra Festival celebrates diversity, where every body and every story has a place. We embrace people of all backgrounds, orientations, identities, abilities, and ages (18+), honoring the richness that each person brings. Our intention is to create a culture where every participant, guide, and artist feels valued and heard — a space where voices matter, contributions are cherished, and uniqueness is celebrated.

Presenting a variety of workshop types

The world of Tantra embraces many traditions and approaches, each offering its own unique doorway into self-discovery. At the festival, we bring together a rich tapestry of these perspectives, reflected in the diversity of workshops throughout the program. Each day you’ll be free to choose from different sessions, allowing you to follow what speaks to you most deeply and craft a journey that feels authentic to your own path.

Student/Staff Interactions

At the Antara Tantra Festival, we hold clear agreements around the role of facilitators and assistants: they do not engage in sexual relationships with participants during the event. Warm and playful interactions such as hugs, shared dances, or light touch in ceremonial spaces may be part of the atmosphere, yet sexual involvement beyond existing partnerships is not part of the festival container.

We hold this approach with care and intention. The team’s primary focus is to be fully present for the whole group — to guide, support, and hold the collective journey without entering private dynamics that could affect the shared space. We also honor the natural influence that can arise between guide and participant. In a setting that invites openness and vulnerability, it’s important to maintain clarity and trust. Our facilitators are here to create a safe, loving field where everyone can explore deeply, without the added layer of navigating intimacy with those holding the space.

This commitment allows the festival to remain a place of integrity, where every participant can feel supported, safe, and free to open into their own experience.

FAQ

  • The festival will be a at the Zurich Youth Hostel Mutschellenstrasse 114, 8038 Zürich. We will send location details, directions and parking as part of your welcome packet.

  • The Youth Hostel is centrally located in Wollishofen Zurich and can be easily reached by public transport.

  • All of the meetings, ceremonies and workshops will be in English.

  • Tantra is elegantly simple at it’s core. It invites us to bring consciousness to that which was unconscious. That is all. And it is enough. From this consciousness we find the building blocks to fulfill two great desires:

    *Know who I am

    *Love myself

    Tantra is not about learning something new, but remembering who we are. And what we are: Complete expressions of divine love.

    Tantra a journey of uniting of our heart and mind. body and soul. sexuality and spirituality. Tantra supports the release of guilt, shame and fear which hinders us in fulfilling our purpose and experiencing maximum joy and ease in this life.

    The word Tantra is derived from Sanskrit root “tan” meaning to increase, expand or stretch, with tantra meaning to weave, loom or woven together. Thus it can be said to mean we increase as we bring together, we expand as we integrate. Tantra is a path to embodied bliss. It is a path of Yes. Tantra is the only practice which includes everything. Excludes nothing.

    The practical application of Tantra to our modern lives offers the key to find the freedom we yearn for and intimacy of connection we desire.

  • No, we are a mix of independent teachers who come from a variety of backgrounds of tantra including teachings which are relevant but not branded “tantra” at all. Tantra include anything which helps us to be more present and in ease with all that we are and all that we feel.

  • You are most welcome with a partner, with friends or on your own! We will have a large mix of singles and couples.

  • No, there will be workshops you do on your own and some (very limited) which will ask you to bring a partner which you can find in ease at the festival.

  • No, the age limit is 18 years.

  • The tentative schedule will be available on the website approximately 1 month before the event.

  • There are no workshops where you have to be naked, however there may be some where this is an option. It will be noted upfront & again it will always be at your option

  • Yes, absolutely! In fact many people have their very first experience of tantra at a festival, because it is go at your own pace & you have a choice of workshops or to relax versus committing to a journey with one group or teacher. It is also the perfect place to get many flavors & styles of tantra so you can discover what is for you and what is not.

  • We have volunteer discounts and early bird tier pricing, so if you are called to be in service as a volunteer then click here for more info on the opportunities available, otherwise the sooner you buy the lower the price!

  • We are full at this point, but sometimes add based on ticket sales or a facilitator dropping out. It never hurts to message us and share your desire, so we have you in the awareness for next year. Best is to participant and give the staff a chance to meet you and show you are committed to being part of the festival, as those who teach here are in service first.

  • Staying on-site is an option. For those traveling in or who just wish to stay in the energy for the full weekend we have a range of options at inviting prices. On the ticketing page, you will see the range which is 2, 4 or 6 person dorms with shared bathroom/showers or a few 4 person dorms and double rooms which are en-suite. It is also possible to have a private room by booking the double for yourself - all these options at checkout until they are full. Breakfast is included for all those with on-site bookings.

  • If you are staying on-site, breakfast is provided. We will have meal breaks for lunch and dinner each festival day. The hotel offers a mealplan that can be bought at extra cost. Just click the meal option when buying your ticket.

    Alternatively there are numerous places nearby to eat, delivery options and of course you may bring food and enjoy during the breaks.

  • Tickets are for the right to attend the event and are non-refundable. However they may be transferred. You just need to send us the name and email of the new holder and a 25 CHF transfer fee, which may be paid by buyer or seller. In addition, if/when we sell out we will create a wait list on the website. You may opt to offer your ticket(s) for sale in the transfer portal and we will do our best to resell them for you. This is a service we provide, but not a guarantee of success.

  • Best to bring a refillable water bottle, change of clothes as you may move, dance and experience sweat or changes of body temperature, your own items of comfort such as yoga mat, cushions and sarong, cash for vendors, a sense of humor, open heart and your curiosity!

    Please do not bring any intoxicants, drugs, alcohol, etc. We are creating an environment where we can dive deeply into our senses – dulling them with intoxicants will not be needed and will inhibit your experience and be grounds for removal from the festival.